Detaining attachment for beds.



M. M. MORRILL.

DETAINING ATTACHMENT FOR BEDS.

APPLICATION FILED mm: 28. l9l5.

1,216,719. Patented Feb. 20,1917. I

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To all whom it may concern:

.at Santa Barbara,

I however, I a It has been customary heretofore under these MARGARET1VL'MORRILL, or SANTA" BARBARA,

CALIFORNIA.

DETAINING ATTACI-IIVIENTv FOR, BEDS.

Be it known that I, MARGARET M. Mon-- RILL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the county of Santa Barbara and State of California,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Detainin-gAttachments forBeds, of which the following is a specification,refcrence being had to the accompanying drawm s.

n beds, ing a delirious or insane patient to a bed. It is oftentimesnecessary in the treatment of sick persons, particularly those who aredelirious or insane, that they be prevented from leaving the bed but notprevented, from moving about upon thebed.

circumstances to strap the patient to the bed. This confines the patientto such an extent as to interfere with proper recovery, let alone thecomfort of the patient, and does not give the patient that freedom whichhe may and should have. In order to avoid the objections incident to theuse of straps holding the patient entirely upon the bed, it is my objectto provide a detaining attachment, which, when disposed upon theordinary hospital bed will form what may be termed a cage extending overthe bed, suliiciently strong to prevent the patient falling or throwinghimself out of bed, and yet which will give the patient ample freedom ofmovement, permitting the patient to lie down or sit up as he pleases andturn to one side or the other with perfect free dom and at the same timepermit the nurse to feed the patient or otherwise attend to him withoutthe necessity of removing .the cage or harness.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which may be readily attached to beds constructed inaccordance with the ordinary hospital requirements, or which may bereadily detached therefrom, and further to provide a device which may bereadily shifted longitudinally of the bed when necessary in order topermit the remaking of the bed without the entire detachment of theharnessor cage from the bed. v

invention relates to attachments for: and particularly to means forconfin Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 20 1917,Application filed June as, i915; was No, 36,842.

My invention, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein: I

Figure 1 is a view of the device applied toabed;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of the device detached "from'the bed;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan view showing the manner in which thetwosections of the cage are co'nnected'to each other.

Referring to the drawings it will be seen that my attachnient comprisesaplurality of longitudinally extending straps .or bands 2 which maybemade of canvas, leather, or other suitablefiexible material, but whichare preferably made of heavy canvas. These bands 2 are'long enoughtoextend from the forward end of the bed to the rear end there ofwebbing or heavy canvas securely riveted 7 oiv ran snares mam other.

or otherwise attached to the longitudinal 1 bands.

To the ends of the bands 2 there are attached at a plurality of pointsthe rings 4 and the straps 5t0 which-snap hooks 6 are connected. Thusthe head and foot ends of the cage may be readily connected to the headand foot bars A and B of the bed. There may be more Dr less of thesestraps 5 and rings 4: as may be desired for any par ticularcircui'nstance of operation, but there should be sufficient to soconnect the upper and lower ends of the cage to the bed that the patientcannot escape from the bed by crawling out the upper or lower endthereof. To the side margins of the cage formed by the bands 2 and 3 areattached a plurality of rings 7 and straps 8, each'strap at its endbeing provided with a snap hook 9 or other attaching device. These areadapted to be passed around the side rails O. of the bed andfirmlyattached. It will now be seen that when this device is placed upona bed and connected at its upper and lower ends to the head and footrails while the marginal straps 8 are passed around the rails O andconnected to the rings 7, that a cage will be formed which ispractically rectangular in section, lifted sufliciently high above thebed as to permit the patient to move around or sit up, particularlywhere the head rails or bars are higher than the foot bars and per- 7'mit the patient to take any be tied together so position he pleases butat the same time confining the patient to the bed so that he is unableto escape therefrom without considerable difliculty, and without suchaction as I will plainly indicate his purpose to the nurse.

Preferably I make my improved cage or device in two longitudinalsections, the sections being connected to each other along a median lineby means of. rings 10 andsnap hooks 11. I do not wish to limit myself,however, to the use of rings andsnap hooks as tabs or straps might beused which could i as to hold'the'sections together on a median line.Neither do 1 wish to limit'myself to the use of straps, snap hooks andrings for connecting the'side margins ortheend margins of the cage tothe rails of the bed as other detachable means may be provided for thispurpose.

As before remarked, a device of this character, while very simply madeand easily applied, is thoroughly effective for retaining'a patientupon'the bed, without, however, impeding hismovements. hen this device'is used it places the patient in the d best condltlon for recovery andtime relieves the nurse ofthe strain of conat the same Copies of thispatent ma be obtained for stant attention. I do not wish to limit myselfto the exact construction illustrated in the drawing as it is obviousthat many changes might be made Without of the invention. described myinvention, what departing from the spirit Having thus I claim is:

A restraining two longitudinal harness for beds formed of sections, eachof said sections comprising flexible longitudinal bands and flexibletransverse bands, the longitudinal bands being provided at both endswith means whereby they may be connected to the foot and head rails of abed, the lateral ends of the second named bands being formed with meanswhereby they may be connected-to'the longitudinal rails of a bed, theinner endsof the transverse bands of both sections being provided withmeans whereby they may be detachably connected to each other.

Intestimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of twowltnesses.

MARGARET M. MORRILL. lVitnesses I E. G. HAYWARD, J. C. BENTON.

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